The Prison-Made Queen novel Chapter 168

His eyes were deep, staring intently into Leilani's. "You can fool others, but you can't fool me. I won't press about Judie. But you know what asking that question signifies."

Given her personality, if she didn't have feelings for him, she wouldn't have asked Judie something like that. Since she asked, it proved Leilani felt something for him too. So, it wasn't unrequited.

Realizing this, Callahan felt a surge of happiness.

Faced with Callahan's undeniable logic, Leilani opened her mouth but found herself at a loss. It was as if Callahan had poked straight at her heart. Her face flushed red in an instant. She wanted to explain, but she didn't know what to say.

Callahan looked at her slightly flushed cheeks and the confusion in her eyes. The anger in his heart suddenly dissipated, replaced by a trace of helplessness and affection.

Forget it, he wouldn't push her.

Just as Leilani said, she had just gotten out of prison and had to deal with being cut off from her family. Leilani's expression when explaining she didn't know the dark web client was him couldn't be faked. She really hadn't done it on purpose. After all, no one expected things between them to develop so dramatically.

As for the Dr. Cheney matter...

If he were Leilani, having just severed ties with the Sloan family, he wouldn't have told others his identity either.

Callahan sighed, retracted his imposing aura, and softened his tone. “Since you don't want to talk about it, I won't force you. We have plenty of time. When you're ready to tell me, I'm all ears. We have all the time in the world."

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